This weekend's poll is another throwback, but this one's just a couple months out of its one-year anniversary, having been asked back in October of 2013. This year's poll options will be a little different, as the number of new crowdfunded smartwatches seems to be slowing a bit (especially in terms of media coverage), and smartwatches themselves are much more widely available than they were a year ago.

Last year, we saw just over 20% of you answer that you owned a smartwatch. A little over 5% said they had backed a smartwatch crowdfunding campaign or had a smartwatch on pre-order, but the lion's share of votes went to "no," at 71% of the total. This year, I expect that's probably going to turn out a little - and it may just be a little - different.

Here in the US, Google is selling six smartwatches on the Play Store, having come out in fairly rapid succession since I/O earlier this summer. The LG G Watch, Samsung Gear Live, Moto 360, LG G Watch R, Sony Smartwatch 3, and ASUS ZenWatch are currently the only six Android Wear devices available. Android Wear has also quickly made up ground on the only previously noteworthy smartwatch platform, Pebble.

Proprietary efforts from the likes of Sony (who now seem to have switched to Wear) and Samsung (who are staked in both Tizen and Android on wearables) are seeing a fairly sharp decrease in attention in the popular tech media, while Android Wear based devices and Apple's upcoming Apple Watch are commanding the vast majority of wearable news. Pebble is still a fan favorite, but there's no doubt its relevance has seen a precipitous drop in the last six months.

So, do you own a smartwatch? Is it a Wear device? Vote in the poll below. (When voting, please answer based upon the smartwatch you primarily use. If you have a Pebble sitting in a drawer but wear a Moto 360 daily, choose the Wear option. If you regularly use multiple watches that run different platforms, select the third option.)

Comments

There is an option for that. It says No. The question is whether you have a smartwatch, not do you want one.

Mario Colón✌

If it were like that there weren't three options starting with "Yes"...

brkshr

I'm waiting for the next-gen Moto 360 myself. I'm really hoping they go with a Qualcomm processor. It would be nice if it was a little thinner. Hopefully the black bar at the bottom will be gone, but it's not a deal breaker and I understand if it's a necessary evil, for no bezel, for now.

Chris Hilbert

Also needs an option for flipped it on swappa after battery life sucked :P

I'm actually on my 2nd one in reality. G Watch R...so far loving it over the Moto 360.

David

Why you prefer it? What would you say about them? The LG seems better, but I'm afraid of its appearance and size (my wrists are medium to small in size). Also, that dial seems to not look nice with most faces.

Right now I'm favoring the GWR, but I'm not sure yet. And they are a bit pricey as well, so better choose wisely. Thank you.

Chris Hilbert

I like the always on display on the GWR. Even with the GWR, the flick the wrist to activate the display doesn't always work. I also like the GWR *always* has juice at the end of the day. The Moto 360 I was always worried about running out. GWR also looks like a real watch, where the Moto 360 looked more like a gizmo. Also didn't care for the flat tire look on the 360.

Jon George

My LG G watch lasts about 2 days with constant sync and I'm more than pleased with the battery. Even if it only lasted a day how hard is it to dock it?

VICTOR

OMG, just put the watch on the charger when you're sleeping. No big deal. I have a moto 360 and a LG g Watch and I easily get a days worth on a single charge. Like every one has to complain about battery life when ther is nothing else to complain about. Maybe one day all your Tech gear, cellphone, tablets, watches, etc will last for a month on a single charge, but for now, they don't. Quit whining.

Chris Hilbert

I flipped my Moto 360 after it failed to make it through the day early on. Now rocking the G Watch R, good to go.

Bojan Gutic

Nothing to complain about? My workday tends to run from 5AM through 7PM, sometimes later. My Moto 360 rarely lasted the whole day without me taking it off and charging it during my lunch/dinner.

Same for me "buddy". I'm up a 430 in the morning. I don't put my watch on a charge until later in the evening with usually 30-35% left. You may have a dud if you can't get past lunch.

I say this because I had purchased a LG g Watch when it first came out. Literally the day it went on sale at the google play store. It turned out to have a bad battery cuz I cldnt get it to charge higher than 29%. So I sent it back. A few months later I got the moto 360. I liked it so much that I just recently picked up another LG g Watch during the Xmas sales. Both work flawlessly all day long.

Just one person's experience.

XMath650

My G Watch usually gets from 7 AM to 2 AM the next day with about 30% left (yeah I don't sleep a lot). Unless I play TetroCrate on it for an hour...

For me its a lack of features, I rather wait for something fully flushed out. I need it to be able to last a swim, have its own GPS, have 2-3 days battery life, track a lot better (They all seem to be off with tracking things). Also to do all this while looking good.

Right now I'm thinking to just pick up the Jawbone Up3 whenever its released and stick to a normal watch.

james pepper

uhh the sony smartwatch 3 has gps and 2-3 days battery life

Theromz

Its really close actual, and its the front runner for me but its not a looker xD. I really like the design of the 360 and it matches a lot of watches I personally have, simple flat tire.

yankeesusa

Then your best bet is the sony sw3. Only thing i see it doesn't have is looks.

Same here. I'll wait on the second- or third-gen Wear devices. Just as the industry settled on the optimal size/formfactor for phones and tablets and everyone (even Apple) fell in line, I'd expect companies to figure out the perfect size/shape/weight/etc. for a smartwatch in a generation or two.

ithehappy

Not yet, but I am keen to buy the Gear Fit, for notifications mainly, if not only. Probably the only toy which's look I can fathom.

And as for replacing it with my Omega or Casio or Tissot? Yeah, when I go full retard.

RyanBeesley

Why the Gear Fit? I don't see an advantage for notifications over what Android Wear provides. The Gear line seems to lock you into Samsung's ecosystem whereas with Wear you're locked into the broader Android spectrum.

If you don't have an Android device, Pebble would be the most cross platform but not have as tight an integration with device notifications. That said, does the Tizen OS even integrate as tightly with Samsung phones as Android Wear? Or did you mean the Gear Live running Android Wear?

ithehappy

I don't know what this Android Gear is, but I am considering the Gear Fit for two reasons. The main one I already mentioned in my previous post, that's the only toy (they all are a toy to me) which I can digest look wise, because it is small, I will be able to wear it face down. And another reason is it has a heart rate sensor, however that isn't a big deal as I think all toys in this category have it? And then there's price. Paying a premium is utterly meaningless for a product like this, and I can get the Gear Fit at less than half price than what's Moto 360 is retailing.
Those reasons are enough for me to get a Gear Fit over anything else. I was actually going for a Sony First Generation Smart Band (SWR10, if I remember correctly) but after seeing the looks of Gear Fit I am gonna stick with it.

Mystery Man

Does anyone know where the moto 360 is on display where I could touch and possibly hold up to my wrist? In the US

staulkor

Any best buy.

Jared K

Got my LG G Watch R when Tmo messed up. Worth it. Love it.

tintin.92

What was the mess up?

Jared K

$90 off coupon

Tj Hariharan

hahaha

meyerweb

IMHO, they cost too much for what little they do. Maybe in a couple of more device generations they'll actually do something I'll find useful. Or be cheap enough to get one just because it's cool.

I also like thin watches, that will fit under the sleeve of my dress shirts. Thin and smartwatch are still mutually exclusive.

Tj Hariharan

I'm curious (actually I just saw this asked in a 'weekly roundup' video on youtube): what exactly would it take for you to go out and buy a smartwatch? (Let's assume money is not an object/question here, i.e. it costs $80-$150 and you have the money to spend).

meyerweb

I'm really not sure. Let's see how the genre develops and matures. But getting notifications on my wrist, or navigation on a screen I can barely read, doesn't do it for me.

Tj Hariharan

barely read really? I read *entire* emails on here. The only ones where I have an issue is here sentence meta-structure is important (like tables and especially long/complex emails..since I'm in philosophy i get a bunch of those)

meyerweb

To each his own. I'm not criticizing you or anyone else who has a smartwatch. But I was specifically talking about navigation. On the typical smartwatch screen you can either read street names (a couple of letters at a time) for an area so small it's not useful, or zoom out to where you can see a wider area but can't read the street or business names. And no, spoken directions aren't always adequate.

Tj Hariharan

oh that is true..yea.

Valerius

I just wanted one. Because I'm an early adopter. Now I have a watch that doesn't look half bad and it has some additional functions.

IncCo

More functionality and very good battery. I dont want to have to worry about a watch running out of battery.

Tj Hariharan

Aaah, that might be a while...battery tech hasn't really improved *that* much in the last few years compared to how much other stuff has.

IncCo

Yeah, unfortunately the batteries are running far behind in terms of development compared to the other components. (at least the ones we see in current products)

Tj Hariharan

Interesting though...I wonder if "battery life" is what keeps ppl from adopting this, I mean it was like $50 or $80 or smthg during thanksgiving/black friday

Jared K

I dont think the g watch r is that much thicker than traditional mechanical watches. but thats just my interpretation/perspective of thin.

thats why i specified. i guess you'll never own a smart watch.
maybe when we master graphene batteries.

meyerweb

Time will tell. If I see enough functionality for me, I might be willing to wear something thicker. And, like everything else, components will get smaller and more energy efficient over time. But you're right, battery technology needs to improve.

KlausWillSeeYouNow

HA... "Time will tell." :-)

XMath650

That's very thin, wow. My current mechanical watch is just slightly thicker than my G Watch (it's a Fossil). My G Watch does usually fit under my sleeves.

Chris Johnson

The problem is a lack of choice. If you want a thin watch you just have to find one you like. If you want a thin SMARTWATCH, you're s.o.l

mountainloafers

This. And not just when it comes to thickness. There are other areas in the design elements of smart watches that need improvement. Colors, bands even the face choices are boring on many watches. How about a thinner Moto 360 with a mesh, metal band in your choice of color. Like the moto phones, we should be able to mix and match. Plus, where is the Nexus smart watch? I'd snap it up over alternatives if the specs were right. Limited choices are exactly what's holding me back.

Christopher Moore

These are just fashion pieces. Why would anyone buy a smartwatch for fashion first and function later?
Surprisingly I got positive looks with my LG G watch but I did not buy it to look good. It's been very convenient to just look at my "smartwatch" then to whip out my phone. The watches you have posted can't tell me the Bulls score or when a new slickdeal becomes available.

meyerweb

No, you're right. That's not what they're designed for. Personally, I don't care about sports scores or slick deals enough to put up with the limitations of a smart watch right now. the battery in my watches last for several years, not less than a day. They slide neatly under the cuff of my dress shirts. I don't bang them into things when I'm using my hands to reach into drawers, or whatnot.

Some people care about design, too, and even the Moto360 is an ugly hockey puck compared to jewelery.

Different strokes for different folks. I don't know why, when one person says they're not interested in a smart watch, some people take it as a personal attack on their manhood or something. If you don't like my watches, fine. I couldn't care less. Why do you care whether I approve of yours? And I do, by the way, approve of it. For you, but not for me.

tintin.92

Ooh, I love the Skagen! It was a gift to my dad, passed down to me, and then lost by my friends :( How much do they run for these days?

IcarusFlies

I just checked out the UK website...awesome watches and about180 Pound

I've seen a couple on sale for as low as $100 or so. Some, of course, are significantly more, but they're pretty reasonable compared to a lot of "designer" watches.

Valerius

Depends on the model. It's about the same size in diameter and thickness as my Omega Seamaster (and about a quarter the weight). Everybody who's ever worn a 'real' watch instead of some cheapo time piece will feel right at home.

It works perfectly on my man-wrists. It looks funny on my girlfriend's :shrug:

Really wish people would stop comparing a smart watch to a classic watch... People who spend hundreds, if not thousands, on a classic time piece do so for a reason, that watch is either a collectors item or one that will last for years to come.
Smart watches are NOTHING like that. They, much like mobile phones, have a life span of one/two years before they are out of date.

How can you be so sure what the lifespan of a smartwatch is? Even smartphones can last longer than that anyway... I still see people whip out their iPhone 4 even today (my sister for one).

someone755

The software updates on those Rolex watches last for years tho. Same as with those old phones. /s

Michael Smith

I think battery lifespan will be the determining factor. With watches needing to be charged every night, those batteries have 2+ years before efficiency degrades to an unusable level. Have any of the smart watch makers addressed this issue?

ed

The lifespan of these smartwatches will be nowhere close to their analog counterparts. Even if people continue to use them beyond 2 years, a good, expensive watch is going to last for decades.

nycebo

I agree with you when it comes to collectibles, but Swatches and Fossil Watches aren't in that category and people generally buy/bought them without thinking twice. I actually think that the price point around 200 is pretty fair for a smart watch.

ed

Those watches will also last a lifetime. Literally. Your G Watch will be dead in 2 years, if that.

yankeesusa

That is going to take a while. Especially if you want great battery life. Plus what features exactly are you wanting? Right now the point of a smartwatch is to alert you of notifications from your phone which they do pretty well, especially with the latest update. If you want to be able to talk and type on it you might as well use your phone for that.

Drago

I paid $100 for a new LG G Watch a couple months ago (a great deal in itself). That was prior to the crazy sales of the holidays.

I grabbed another one for my wife for the $50 Google Play Store deal. Also, my LG G Watch is pretty thin, in my opinion. I know what you are getting at though with regards to price versus function. I decided not to buy a smart watch right away, and waited for the ecosystem and functionality to grow, and the prices to drop, so now I'm glad I waited.

meyerweb

Yeah, I figure most of them will be half price after New Year's. :)

bearballz

Meh, I got a Gear 2 Neo for $100. That's about the limit of what I would pay for a smartwatch.

Tim

I agreed with you until I owned one. They really become an accessory that you miss when you don't have it.

Timothy Alston

You can get A Sony smartwatch 2 for under $100 and it's thin enough to fit under a dress shirt

Hitokage Tamashi

2 questions, does syncing a smartwatch often kill a phone's battery quickly, and do smartwatches work with lower end phones? (have an LG Volt (VM))

tintin.92

It definitely does affect battery life. My OnePlus One can last 2 days on a single charge without the pebble, but a little over a day and a half with.

Also, the specs of the phone don't really matter as much as the software. Most smartwatches require a minimum of Android 4.3 to run.

Jared K

Haven't really noticed a huge difference in battery life. Its supposed to be low energy (BLE). My usage is the major factor determining if my G2 lasts 6 hours or 10 hours.

DaytonCombs

Hell yeah moto 360 and the nexus 6

sbeaulieu

Proud LG G Watch owner!

tintin.92

Pebble! I really wanted to get in on smartwatches, and the Pebble seemed nice enough, while Android Wear watches were too expensive. I do kinda regret the purchase now, even though the Pebble is quite functional because:
1) It's price dropped (was available for $79 at some point)
2) The G Watch's price dropped during Black Friday (It's not my favorite of the Android Wear bunch, but it still looks good)
3) The Pebble isn't quite as useful as Android Wear can be, because of the lack of touchscreen and less 3rd party adoption compared to AW.

Tj Hariharan

"but it still looks good": say whaaa? lol, Of all the smartwatches to me G-Watch (non-round) has the most number of positive points going for it...my *only* grip is that I think it looks a bit plain/ugly.

tintin.92

I actually meant from a features standpoint rather than looks. For occasions where looks matter, I still wear my Tommy :)

XMath650

Honestly it looks better in two life than on the photos. It looks like a modern watch.

Tj Hariharan

Hmm..I guess, I have one btw, put a black metal strap on, looks a *lot* better like that imo. Even so, I wish they would have thrown a few curves in.

Nicholas

No, mostly because my phone is stuck on Android 4.2.2 and I am holding out for the second gen hardware. When I upgrade in the spring time I will probably buy one.

PoisonApple31

The second gen hardware won't support 4.2.2 either. Maybe you should upgrade the phone first.

Nicholas

I guess I wasn't very clear. My phone is the thing holding me back, If I had a phone that supported it I might buy one now but I would rather wait for the gen2 hardware that will be around when I upgrade my phone in the Spring.

PoisonApple31

No it's my bad, I didn't comprehend. :)

alexguitar

LG G Watch R for me. I like the Moto 360 but its too pretty. I'd be pissed if I scratched that up but with the G Watch R it's not as big of a deal.

XMath650

I scratched my G Watch on an iron slow cooker... I hate myself

Riko Gonzalez

LG G Watch and Original Pebble!

Nick Randols

Fuck no

Wesley Modderkolk

No. I'm not really sure what the point is of a Smartwatch. Seems more of a gimmick than anything useful.

PoisonApple31

If it was just a gimmick, only Samsung would be making them! :P

someone755

Not everything Sammy does is bad tho. SSDs, for one, are amazing.

instinct

Honestly, I was thinking the same thing. Then I got one.. and I still feel the same way. Not really that useful.

Can be quite useful for those who are not able to constantly take their phones or tablets out of their bags or pockets, or when your hands are full. For example I use mine a lot for music controls - it can be difficult and annoying when you're on a busy bus or other tight spaces, and find yourself having to try and dig your phone out of your pocket just to skip a song or turn the volume up or down a notch. Likewise when you're walking with bags of groceries in your hands.

Also use mine often to quickly set alarms or timers, and being able to quickly take voice memos is kinda neat. Quick notifcations like incoming calls or e-mail/text preview can be useful too - saves me having to dig my phone out just to read a spam from some Nigerian prince.

Currently loving the whole Google Now voice control thing on your wrist, though it can be hit and miss sometimes. There are plenty of other features coming which I think can be potentially useful - like being able to act as your login device and disables your pin when your near. Just keep in mind it is early days still, and firmware/apps are upgradable.

Btw I'd be interested to know - all the folks who are saying nay to the smart watches... I wonder if they are currently wearing normal watches. I'm one of those folks who can't function without a normal watch, so a smart watch is good for me in the sense that they give me all the functions I can't live without, while adding a bunch of extra perks on top.

Michael Salazar

I do not have a watch (or a smartwatch). I just can't get into wearing them. I do have, however, a couple pocket watches when I want to be classy!

Just put my order in for the Asus Zen Watch, as it just became available again on the Google Play Store. Maybe a little premature, but I really like the look of it, and was in the need of a watch. The fact that it's a smartwatch, to me, is a pleasant extra. Should have it in hand in a few days, per Google.

caclark74

Moto 360 and Droid Turbo. I love my 360. I wear it daily and find it very useful to the point where I miss it when it's off my wrist.

Mikhail

I tried to buy a pebble from their webpage. There was some issue with the payment; Their answer was "buy it somewhere else, your credit card will never work with our system", I wanted the international free shipping, now I just don't want one.

jonathan3579

No, but I had one and returned it because I don't feel the OS is mature enough.

XMath650

I like to see it grow... So far I'm the only one I've seen with an Android Wear watch (got the G Watch in August). I've seen a couple of people with a Gear or Gear 2, but that's it.

I can see AW improving under my eyes, and I know I can switch my phone and still keep this watch, which is nice.

1.) What if someone has multiple watches, all running the same OS -- for example i/o attendees who have (an LG or Samsung) AND a Moto?
2.) What if a multiple watch owner does not regularly switch between? Maybe they have stopped using (but still own) a Pebble watch in favor of a new shiny Moto360.

Adil Tajgeer

#2 is the boat i'm in, but i just chose the first option that i have a smartwatch that runs wear since that's what i use daily. i have a pebble from the kickstarter campaign and have had an og gear. i use a 360 now daily and it's the best one yet, imo.

Vilmar

A Moto 360

Ryu

No, but I bought one (moto 360) had fun with it for two weeks, then sold it. Not worth the money, but it was nice to get my tech geek curiosity out of me for smartwatches.

Brian Simmons

I was also waiting for the 2nd or 3rd generation devices to come out. I didn't want to spend a couple hundred bucks on a 1st generation watch. But with the g watch being sold for well under $100, I decided to jump in. I'm glad in did. Even at this stage, android wear is great. Sure, I hope future devices will do more but the line is off to a great start.

instinct

I have the LG G Watch. Got it on black friday for $100. I don't normally wear a watch, I mostly got it because I was more curious than anything and a shameless fanboy. However, I'm not really feeling it too much. It feels more like a burden to me than anything.. if I already wore a watch - it would be great. However, it just feels like one more thing I need to drag with me everyday. There aren't that many uses for me right now.

A2theC

Yes/No, I did have the Galaxy Gear but my wife made me take it back after a month because I had recently bought a Citizen Eco Drive solar watch and had mistakenly told her "I'll never need another watch, this doesn't run on batteries".....suffice it to say I was asking for it. I want to get the Gear S to go with my S5 but haven't taken the time to go down and get one, been working too much recently.

primalxconvoy

Wife, aka, the "fun extractor". Guaranteed to suck the life out of parties, rooms and life...

yeah right

i think an option should be I will in 2015

Berend Jan van Bruggen

I own an metawatch strata and a weloop Tommy. The 1st one is stable as a rock and not very expensive. The 2nd one is cheap on DX.com and still in active development. It was an test of I would like a smartwatch and I really love them.

I also like thin watches, that will fit under the sleeve of my dress shirts. Thin and smartwatch are still mutually exclusive. Friv4school

Mettanine

+1 for an option "No, but I will after christmas..".

undercoverduck

Those things are far too expensive

Christopher Moore

If you look it's been pretty easy to find a LG G watch between $80 to $100 brand new in the last 3 weeks. Even better if you find one with a Google Play gift card. I'm very happy with this watch for the price I paid but personally I would not pay over $100 for any smartwatch. These watches are not classic timepieces that you're going to hand down to your children. Even a watch like the Moto 360 cost less than $80 to make especially when their using a cpu from 4 years ago. Tech always get cheaper and these smartwatches are no different.

someone755

The first G Watch is ugly tho. If I were out to buy one, it'd be either the Moto or the G Watch R. Then again though, I don't see what I'd use it for -- talking to your watch in English when half the country doesn't even understand its own language gets you weird looks.

Nadav

Helll Ya, Sony Xperia Z3 Compact + LG G Watch R + Nexus 9

Chris

Negative, Ghostrider.

primalxconvoy

No. Too expensive and the battery life isn't good enough yet.

firesoul453

Totally agree on the battery.

Lawrence

Gear Fit, not sure if it counts as a smartwatch

Mark Armitage

What about people like me who ONLY own a pebble watch? There must be a lot of us!

Lee Yik Wei

No, but I'm going to get a Pebble soon. 😁

Alphajoe

When Swiss watchmakers will produce a mechanical smartwatch with classy design, I might consider... ;-)

Kurama91

If I had money, I would have upgraded my Galaxy S2 to Note 4 rather than buying a Smartwatch, Galaxy Gear S was my Dream Watch, but I guess we can say nothing about not having money :(

bL4Ck

No, waiting for a more mature device that uses smartwatch optmized hardware and runs for at least 2 full days on battery.

I have a Moto 360, and to tell the truth Android Wear currently is more of a promise than a mature product, but it keeps getting more and more useful by the day: this weekend I was happy to see BeyondPod (beta) adding full wear support with podcast selection right on the wrist.

saltyzip

Battery Life has to reach at least a week before I am likely to consider one.

MarkG54321

Sony Smartwatch3 and very pleased with it. Easilly the best watch at the moment. I tried the Moto360 and G Watch R and didn't like them. (round watches are rubbish as displaying the smart stuff), the Moto360 also looks ridiculuosly thick

Dadedade

Xiaomi Mi Band, that's all I need for notifications!

Chris Johnson

Yes. I got a gear fit free when I bought my GNote 4, and I've been using it as a watch but as my fitness tracker. As a watch it's so-so, and it definitely hasn't sold me on smart watches (I much prefer my solar powered gshock.)

But, as a fitness tracker goes, it's EXCELLENT. Lots of features, nice big screen, easy to check when you're busy, and most importantly I can leave my phone on silent when I'm at work and still get instant email and text notifications. I can't answer them, but at least I know whether to excuse myself or not when I do get one.

Would I buy another smart watch yet? No, I'm still not sold on them, and I prefer something on my big swinging ape arms to be much more rugged than the current crop (ask me how many time I've nearly scraped this thing along a brick wall as I passed down a hallway.) But if I was in the position to need a new fitness tracker, I would get a new gear fit in a heartbeat.

Fatal1ty_93_RUS

Eh, maybe at some point in the future? I don't see such a device as useful right now, and in this day and age you have several other options for mirroring the notifications from your smartphone

Smart watches are almost phone manufactures saying we don't know where to go next with mobile phones, so here's a smart watch...

Christopher Moore

I got the LG G watch for $80 plus $50 Google play credit. Incredible deal for any smartwatch on the market.
Waiting for the eventual fire sale on the LG G round and I will be set.

mobilemann

I have a gear with null rom on it. i find it completely useless, as my companies security policy owns it, it can tell me who emailed, but not the actual text or email

Michael Salazar

No because I have a phone which does more......

disqus_Xz3y8OiO3O

Perhaps I'll but one when they actually become "smart." For now I still find them useless and gimmicky.

ThatGuyzx

Some of us may be in the "had one then returned it." While I really liked my Moto360, the little my lifestyle made use of it (read as boring), especially in NYC with the cold and our winter jackets, couldn't justify the cost. I am looking forward to the platform's growth though.

Shalom Bhopale

£200 for a watch seems a bit steep.
I have a dilema...get a smart watch or a PS4 with GTA, Last of Us and Farcry 4 for £349.

Dadedade

Really?

Pedro Negrini

I have a smartwatch 2 world cup edition, and is amasing

r0xp0x

No, but if I had the money I'd probably buy one.

Roger

I was, and am not that excited by smart watches right now. I was fortunate enough to get one as a gift on Friday as part of a company Christmas party. It's an LG G Watch and I like it for what it is but think there is quite a ways to go with them. Either that or they will never be what I would call a necessity.

garretmcgrawhanson

If pebble made a higher resolution version I would buy it.

If it was also smaller, had a faster ePaper display and/or used a crown for scrolling I wouldn't bat an eye at the competition.

Michael Shorey

why can't one of these smart watch manufacturers team up with a company like Citizen and get Eco-Drive?

No, though I did buy one during Best Buy's Buy One for $79 get a $50 Google Credit. Kept the credit, sold the LG G Watch for $130 on ebay. Good deal.

Badouken

I'd love a moto 360 but not for $250 ... I know people pay more for just normal watches but I don't really wear watches . I would if it was say $150 .

Sushiroll

This is why I use a pebble. I have no desire/need to talk to my wrist... I saw a co worker getting weird looks for dictating their text to a co worker about allergies... TMI... anyways until they break 5 days ill be using a pebble.

This is the truth right here. I've been a Pebble user for almost two years now and I still love it for it's simplicity, long battery-time, lightweight and being a watch, not a smartphone replacement.

Sure some of the new Android Wear watches looks shiny, but it's still to gen1 for me.

Jesse

Hey, I can finally vote in these polls. Nice. It always used to tell me that I had already participated (when I hadn't, obviously).

navjot

I agree with other people saying that they cost too much for what they do. But I managed to grab the $80 w/ $50 gift card (so like $30 for me) LG G Watch - which I consider a great deal for what they do. I find this little thing so useful now. If I were to pony up and spend $200+ though, I'd probably get a future generation model of the Moto 360 (and maybe a LG G Watch R for workouts :P )

bhake

Honestly, current smartwatches didn't do anything for me. Had the G Watch, returned it. Then the 360, then returned it. I realized I don't want to talk to my watch. I get way too many notifications as well. I just don't see this working for busy business oriented folks like me. I much rather look at a large phone screen and be able to view and type my responses.

Christopher Bement

Not really worth it at the moment. I'd love a Moto 360 or G Watch R but I can't justify it in the budget. Does anyone know if any bluetooth device can be used as a trusted device? If that was the case I'd grab a cheap bluetooth wristband off amazon and use that for when I accidentally leave my phone on my desk and need it secure.

A

Not till the next gen.

CoreRooted

What do you consider next gen? Most of the watches that are out now are "next gen" as many of them came out years ago (Pebble: 2012; Sony had smartwatches back in 2010; Samsung put Gears out in 2012; etc).

Android Wear is the newest of the bunch.

BoFiS

Where's the option for "I'm hoping to get a Moto360 as a gift this holiday season?"

I've been a Pebble user for almost two years now and I still love it
for it's simplicity, long battery-time, lightweight and being a watch,
not a smartphone replacement. They call them SmartWATCHES for a reason :)

Sure some of the new Android Wear watches looks shiny, but it's still to gen1 for me with the low batterytime and to much focus on talking with google now, which doesn't work in a lot of countries.

I know the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation emitted from these devices is low, but I usually opt for less exposure in most cases. Perhaps it wouldn't make a difference but I'd hate to have bone cancer in 20 years when they hypothetically find smart watches caused the problem. I usually keep my phone outside of my person too for precaution. So no, I don't own one.

will

I have a moto 360 and a pebble. For my daily needs, my pebble wins hands down. I work with gloves most of the day and having physical buttons are more useful for me. I also work outside and having an e-ink display is great, especially since I don't have to worry about charging it every night. I used the moto for about 10 days straight, but I went back to my pebble after I missed a few important phone calls because the vibrate on my moto is so weak.

Thiong Wee

I luv my Sony Smartwatch 2 stainless steel band after using Pebble Steel coz it got colour touchscreen, abt 5 days usage with Always on screen, tons of watchfaces available n can create yr own, got notifications for all my needs ie sms, emails, WhatsApp and much more. I even do remote cam view n shoot from my Samsung hp cam :)

At a price of S$189 it's incredible deal for above functionality. Android Wear nowhere near it's battery life.

Sigmund

I use a Sony SmartWatch 1 (MW2) as my daily driver and love it :P

JackPackage

Well, I just got a G Watch R for Christmas but I really dunno how it could benefit my lifestyle in any way... It's not that it's bad - It's just that I see no reason why I personally could need it some time or it could make things easier for me... I like wearing normal watches, but I guess I'm just not ready yet for a smartwatch...